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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Physical Systems can be divided up into a number of different catagories, depending on particular properties that the system exhibits. Some of these system classifications are very easy to work with, and have a large theory base for studying. Some system classifications are very complex, and have still not been investigated with any degree of success. This book will focus primarily on linear time-invariant...
Systems
We will begin our study by talking about systems. Systems, in the barest sense, are devices that take input, and produce an output. The output is related to the input by a certain relation known as the system response. The system response usually can be modeled with a mathematical relationship between the system input and the system output.
There are many different types...
Friday, September 19, 2014
MATLAB is a programming tool that is commonly used in the field of control engineering. We will not consider MATLAB in the main narrative of this book, but we will provide an appendix that will show how MATLAB is used to solve control problems, and design and model control systems. This appendix can be found at: Control Systems/MATLAB. For more information on MATLAB in general, see: MATLAB Programming...
Here we are going to give a brief listing of the various different methodologies within the sphere of control
engineering. Oftentimes, the lines between these methodologies are blurred, or even erased completely.
Classical Controls
Control methodologies where the ODEs that describe a system are transformed using the Laplace, Fourier,
or Z Transforms, and manipulated in the transform domain.
Modern...
The field of control systems started essentially in the ancient world. Early civilizations, notably the greeks and the arabs were heaviliy preoccupied with the accurate measurement of time, the result of which were several "water clocks" that were designed and implemented. However, there was very...
The study and design of automatic Control Systems, a field known as control engineering, is a large and expansive area of study. Control systems, and control engineering techniques have become a pervasive part of modern technical society. From devices as simple as a toaster, to complex machines like space shuttles and rockets, control engineering is a part of our everyday life. This book will introduce...
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